Where does “immateriality” come from?
Immateriality comes from English material with the Latin prefix in- and suffix -itas, derived from Latin materialis, from materia meaning matter, with -alis and -ia forming the adjective and noun respectively.
immateriality (English): the state of being immaterial
Definitions
- the state of being immaterial
Ancestry of “immateriality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | immaterial | Having no matter or substance; So insubstantial... |
| 2 | English | in- | in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with... |
| 3 | Middle English | in- | — |
| 4 | Old English | in- | in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the... |
| 5 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |